On: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023

[lovecg]

Reading a good book is a closest approximation we have to actually meeting the author in person. There are books that I read years ago that had such a big emotional impact they probably affected my personality in some way. I barely remember a single youtube video I watched last week.

[praisewhitey → lovecg]

This is simply not true. I've met writers and they're exactly like they are in podcasts/youtube videos and nothing like their writing would suggest.